Video: Why trustees need to champion cyber security

Trustees, we have a bone to pick with you. The State of Cyber Security in the UK Charity Sector report, conducted in partnership with the National Cyber Security Centre, found some troubling findings around cyber security and who leads on it within charities. In fact, there appears to be a leadership gap.

 

Despite nearly three in five managers saying their organisation had a cyber resilience strategy, 78% of trustees said the opposite, that they didn’t have one. Trustees were more likely to say this than any other job role, except directors and volunteers. Almost one in five (18%) also did not know what cyber security software had been implemented in the last 18 months. 

 

Yet these are exactly the decisions trustees should be leading on. And it is clearly a problem that trustees are aware of, too. Two in five trustees told the report that their organisation’s leadership were not skilled in matters of cyber security – again, more than any other position in the charity sector. 

 

Fortunately, we have a

. Whether you’re a trustee, or someone looking to talk to trustees about the importance of being cyber aware, we hope that the resources shared in it from the NCSC will help organisations truly champion their cyber security and put it at the heart of all their decision-making.  

 

You can find links to everything mentioned below.

 

 

Cyber security resources for trustees 

• Three ways a cyber attack can affect your organisation – video 
• Password guidance - NCSC 
• Exercise in a Box – NCSC  
• Cyber Security Toolkit for Boards – NCSC